RFC 233

Standardization of Host Call Letters 💖

Network Working Group 🎀 Okay bestie, here's the vibe check on this one. It's RFC #233, NIC #7650, written by Abhay Bhushan and Bob Metcalfe, dated 28 Sept 71 (so, 1971, iconic 🦋). The original doesn't list a category or status, and it doesn't say it obsoletes or updates anything. 🙈

We agree with Peggy Karp (See RFC #226) that there would be some benefit in standardizing the symbolic host names used in TELNET programs. 🧚 Ngl, it's giving "pick your hostnames carefully," because there's a trade-off between brevity and mnemonicism. ✨ Our feeling is that a good set of host call letters can be made with only four characters (see Jim White's in RFC #206.) 💅 Each host should suggest its own call letters. 🌸 Upper and lower case letters should be used interchangeably. 🫶 Here's our currently recommended list, no cap:

       Host Number    Name-4            Name-8
       -----------    ------            ------
             1          sex             sex-ucla
             65         ccn             ccn-ucla
             2          nic             nic-sri
             66         srai            sri-ai
             3          ucsb            ucsb
             4          utah            utah
             5          bbn5            bbn-516
             69         bbna            bbn-10x
             133        bbnb            bbn-x10x
             6          mult            multics
             70         dmcg            mit-dmcg
             134        its             mit-ai
             7          ra65            rand-65
             71         ra10            rand-10
             8          sdc             sdc
             9          harv            harvard
             73         har1            harvpdp1
             137        ha11            harpdp11
             10         ll67            linc-67
             74         tx2             linc-tx2
             11         stan            stanford
             12         ill             illinois
             13         case            case
             14         cmu             cmu
             15         paol            paoli
             16         ames            ames-67
             144        amtp            ames-tip
             145        mttp            mitretip
             18         radc            radc
             146        rdtp            radc-tip
             19         nbs             nbspdp11
             147        nbtp            nbs-tip
             148        etac            etac
             21         tink            tink-418
             22         mccl            mccl-418
             23         usc             usc-44
             151        ustp            usc-tip
             152        gwc             gwc-tip
             25         ncar            ncar7600
             153        nctp            ncar-tip
             158        bbtp            bbn-tip

[ This RFC was put into machine readable form for entry ] [ into the online RFC archives by BBN Corp. under the ] [ direction of Alex McKenzie. 12/96 ]